A ballad a day for June 2014 - day 19 - Fly away

They told her all her life she would live on the same ole block
But she was a girl who had bigger plans and dreams
O she would see the world with camera and a notepad in her bag
She would travel light and far even if she had a single pair of jeans

She would tell stories about the beauty of all the nature she had seen
She couldn't wait until the day when she was quite old enough
To pack a lunch and walk out the door with a few books and stuff

She would fly, fly so far and see so much
She would fly, everything she dreamed would be within her touch

Graduation day came, she wore a cap and gown, walked across the stage
Hugged her mother and her father, scribbled a note inside a page
Said she's leaving on a Greyhound off to find her way
Threw a bag over her shoulder before they had time to convince her to stay

She would fly, fly so far and see so much
She would fly, everything she dreamed would be within her touch